4O CASE HISTORIES 



They made one suspect fellatio. Woods and bushes were linked 

 and brought back memories of playing hookey and hiding there 

 from his father with another boy with whom he swam in the 

 brook and also masturbated. Dirty, slimy, and dog made him 

 think of dirty dog. Enjoy made him think of having all he 

 wanted of candy, money, and clothes. Dreams: " Come true, 

 we wish they would." Observe: "Observer, one who looks. 

 People looking at you, I don't like to be looked at. (The pre- 

 occupation with eye may have some connection with this. He 

 exclaimed once, "When you say eye, I just can't help thinking 

 of lips.") Voices: " I couldn't think of a word for voices so I 

 had to think up some other. Insane people hear voices. No, 

 I don't." Jealous, hate, kill, murder, die were connected. Hate: 

 "Hateful, they won't do nothing for you, they're mean. To 

 hate anybody is to kill them." Die: " Dead, they're gone." 

 Lazy, work, -forget, -failure, and pity recalled how hard his family 

 had been on him because of his forgetfulness and poor work. 

 Love, kiss, bad, prick, and cock brought evasive responses after 

 delay. Father, mother, and brother also caused delayed re- 

 sponses. Secret caused a blocking of half a minute, and the 

 response was "secretly." But the longest delay, forty-five sec- 

 onds, followed spit: "Whistle, Papa spits tobacco." He would 

 say nothing more, and it was impossible to tell whether the 

 emotion aroused by spit was connected with the suck-and-swallow 

 complex or his father-hate. 



He escaped from the hospital numerous times and went home. 

 The family often allowed him to remain there a while, but he 

 could not accommodate himself to their life and they were forced 

 to bring him back. After each escape he begged his doctor to 

 give him another chance in the open endocrine ward and promised 

 faithfully never to run away again, and then escaped again at 

 the first opportunity. 



Occupational therapy: He was shy and lazy and did not do 

 good work. He worked only part time and sat around a great 

 deal in idleness. 



Physical examination: Skeleton normal. Skin well nour- 

 ished. Good muscular development. Genital hair distribution 

 normal. Small amount of hair around mid-sternal region and 



